The patch titled posix-timers: annotate lock_timer() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is posix-timers-annotate-lock_timer.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: posix-timers: annotate lock_timer() From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> lock_timer() conditionally grabs it_lock in case of returning non-NULL but unlock_timer() releases it unconditionally. This leads sparse to complain about the lock context imbalance. Rename and wrap lock_timer using __cond_lock() macro to make sparse happy. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/posix-timers.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/posix-timers.c~posix-timers-annotate-lock_timer kernel/posix-timers.c --- a/kernel/posix-timers.c~posix-timers-annotate-lock_timer +++ a/kernel/posix-timers.c @@ -145,7 +145,13 @@ static int common_timer_del(struct k_iti static enum hrtimer_restart posix_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *data); -static struct k_itimer *lock_timer(timer_t timer_id, unsigned long *flags); +static struct k_itimer *__lock_timer(timer_t timer_id, unsigned long *flags); + +#define lock_timer(tid, flags) \ +({ struct k_itimer *__timr; \ + __cond_lock(&__timr->it_lock, __timr = __lock_timer(tid, flags)); \ + __timr; \ +}) static inline void unlock_timer(struct k_itimer *timr, unsigned long flags) { @@ -619,7 +625,7 @@ out: * the find to the timer lock. To avoid a dead lock, the timer id MUST * be release with out holding the timer lock. */ -static struct k_itimer *lock_timer(timer_t timer_id, unsigned long *flags) +static struct k_itimer *__lock_timer(timer_t timer_id, unsigned long *flags) { struct k_itimer *timr; /* _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from namhyung@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch posix-timers-annotate-lock_timer.patch vfs-remove-a-warning-on-open_fmode.patch vfs-add-__fmode_exec.patch mm-remove-temporary-variable-on-generic_file_direct_write.patch mm-add-casts-to-from-gfp_t-in-gfp_to_alloc_flags.patch mm-wrap-get_locked_pte-using-__cond_lock.patch mm-add-lock-release-annotation-on-do_wp_page.patch mm-wrap-follow_pte-using-__cond_lock.patch rmap-annotate-lock-context-change-on-page_lock_anon_vma.patch rmap-wrap-page_check_address-using-__cond_lock.patch rmap-make-anon_vma_free-static.patch vmalloc-rename-temporary-variable-in-__insert_vmap_area.patch vmalloc-annotate-lock-context-change-on-s_start-stop.patch mm-declare-some-external-symbols.patch vmstat-include-compactionh-when-config_compaction.patch vmstat-include-compactionh-when-config_compaction-fix.patch mm-fix-sparse-warnings-on-gfp_zone_table-bad.patch init-mark-__user-address-space-on-string-literals.patch kernel-userc-add-lock-release-annotation-on-free_user.patch printk-fixup-declaration-of-kmsg_reasons.patch printk-add-lock-context-annotation.patch printk-change-type-of-boot_delay-to-int.patch printk-declare-printk_ratelimit_state-in-ratelimith.patch printk-declare-printk_ratelimit_state-in-ratelimith-fix.patch ptrace-annotate-lock-context-change-on-exit_ptrace.patch ptrace-change-signature-of-sys_ptrace-and-friends.patch ptrace-cleanup-ptrace_request.patch ptrace-change-signature-of-arch_ptrace.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-x86.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-arm.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-avr32.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-and-friends-on-blackfin.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-cris.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-frv.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-h8300.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-m32r.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-m68k.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-m68knommu.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-microblaze.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-mips.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-mn10300.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-parisc.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-powerpc.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-score.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-sh.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-sparc.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-tile.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-um.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-xtensa.patch signals-annotate-lock_task_sighand.patch signals-annotate-lock-context-change-on-ptrace_stop.patch exit-add-lock-context-annotation-on-find_new_reaper.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html